Mum and two kids killed in fire 'started by charging e-bike'

A 'devastating' house fire that killed a mother and her two children was most likely caused by a charging electric bike, it has emerged. Gemma Germeney, 31, her son Oliver Peden, four, and daughter Lilly Peden, eight, died after the blaze at the family's two-storey maisonette in Cambridge on Friday. The man believed to be her partner, Scott Peden is fighting for his life Lilly and Oliver both died in hospital following the house fire last week The force's Area Commander Stuart Smith said: 'Fire service and specialist fire investigators, together with police forensic teams and a fire dog, have spent the weekend carrying out a thorough investigation of the maisonette. Locals described hearing screams as flames burst out of the windows of the family's maisonette in Sackville Close, in the King's Hedges area of Cambridge Neighbours described Ms Germeney as having a 'heart of gold' A police scientific support unit van was among the emergency vehicles at the scene on Friday Mr Capanna added: 'If it's a substandard scooter/bike the battery can be damaged easily which means it's more likely to catch fire. Gemma Germeney and her eight-year-old daughter Lilly Peden who traigcally died along with four-year-old Oliver More than 30 firefighters rushed to a flat in King's Hedges ward, Cambridge, at 1.08am Locals described hearing screams as flames burst out of the windows of the family's home on Sackville Close, in the King's Hedges area.